Missiles for FA-50PH Fighting Eagles Delivered

16 September 2019

AIM-9L missile for F/A-50PH (photo : MaxDefense)

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has received the air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles ordered for the 12 FA-50PH Fighting Eagles.

MaxDefense Philippines said that it received confirmation regarding the delivery “of AIM-9L/I-1 Sidewinder short-range IR-guided air-to-air missile from Germany’s Diehl Raytheon Missile Systeme GmbH, as well as receiving full delivery of AGM-65G2 Maverick air-to-ground missiles from America’s Raytheon Missile Systems.”

MaxDefense cannot disclose the total quantity of AIM-9L acquired by the PAF due to security reasons, but it is safe to say that there were "a few hundreds of units".

Due to OPSEC reasons, MaxDefense cannot disclose the actual quantity of AGM-65G2 involved, but we can say that they are less in number than the Sidewinders received by the PAF.

(Mintfo)